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Updated: 4:35 AM CDT Apr 14, 2020

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the last several weeks for Angela Prima Checco have been a blur. I wasn't sure where. Waas I was very confused. I didn't have a belly anymore than over. I'm a baby, Woz. I was in isolation. I hadn't been able to see my husband. A nightmare visit to the hospital that turned into a 17 day stay fighting for her life and her unborn child. And it all started with a cough like, you know, Doc can take off and then for a while for a while for a while, and then you kind of got a little bit worse. And then I started having a hard time breathing at night. Not long after Angela tested positive for Covert, 19 was admitted to the hospital and put on a ventilator. Her twin sister previously told Box 12 that they weren't sure if Angela would survive. All of us were just like God, like if you don't come through like way might lose our sister. Doctors delivered her baby at 34 weeks while Angela was in an induced coma fighting the virus. This is her daughter, Ava. Wish means breath of life, and I'm like, I just really like it. I think it was just such a beautiful name. Um and we did not expect to go down this road, but sure enough, she ended up being our little breath and life. Angela says. Eva is still in the hospital as doctors air monitoring her eating, and it was touch and go for Angela after delivery. But eventually she was taken off a ventilator and started breathing on her own, and Dr slowly started to take her off medication. Theo Emotional cheers is Angela was released from the I C. U. And now she's home. I'm just taking it every day at a time and just kind of trying to regain my strength and core and muscles, Angela says. This experience taught her to not live in fear. Rejoice, be happy. You know life is so sure. She says her sister's heart was in the right place to first share her story. You just saw that this is truly a miracle and that people need something good right now and they need a good story. They need something that's uplifting

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'I was very confused': Woman fighting coronavirus gives birth while in an induced coma

Angela Primachenko woke up in a Washington state hospital confused.She still had coronavirus, but she was no longer pregnant."I wasn't sure where I was. I was very confused," she told KPTV. "I didn't have a belly anymore, didn't know where my baby was, I was in isolation. I hadn't been able to see my husband."After being placed on a ventilator, doctors delivered her baby at 34 weeks gestation while Primachenko was in an induced coma fighting coronavirus.The new mom told the TV station that her symptoms started out minor with a cough. "It kind of got a little bit worse, and then I started having a hard time breathing at night," Primachenko said.Because she still has the virus, she hasn't been able to see her daughter, Ava, in person yet. She decided on her daughter's name before everything happened."(Ava) means breath of life," she said. "And I'm like, I just really like it. I think Ava is just such a beautiful name. And we did not expect to go down this road, but sure enough she ended up being our little breath of life."Watch the video above to learn more about this story.

VANCOUVER, Wash. (Video from KPTV via CNN) —

Angela Primachenko woke up in a Washington state hospital confused.

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She still had coronavirus, but she was no longer pregnant.

"I wasn't sure where I was. I was very confused," she told KPTV. "I didn't have a belly anymore, didn't know where my baby was, I was in isolation. I hadn't been able to see my husband."

After being placed on a ventilator, doctors delivered her baby at 34 weeks gestation while Primachenko was in an induced coma fighting coronavirus.

The new mom told the TV station that her symptoms started out minor with a cough.

"It kind of got a little bit worse, and then I started having a hard time breathing at night," Primachenko said.

Because she still has the virus, she hasn't been able to see her daughter, Ava, in person yet.

She decided on her daughter's name before everything happened.

"(Ava) means breath of life," she said. "And I'm like, I just really like it. I think Ava is just such a beautiful name. And we did not expect to go down this road, but sure enough she ended up being our little breath of life."